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Klan Scene Almost Ended Town’s Bid for Film

4/8/2014 10:30PM

Matthew McConaughey's major role in the 1996 film “A Time To Kill” was also a breakthrough moment for the Mississippi town of Canton. But it almost didn’t happen because of a scene involving a Klu Klux Klan rally in the town square. Photo courtesy Everett Collection.

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